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    An aerial view of the late Tom Stewart’s former 6,500-square-foot home and surrounding property, shown in a recent listing for the property. (Vancour Realty photo)
    Biggest sale yet recorded for a once-sprawling property
    By Eric Pryne For The Beachcomber • June 18, 2025 1:30 am

    The late Thomas Stewart’s family has sold almost all of the sprawling Misty Isle Farms estate.

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    Vashon secures millions in tight legislative budget
    Vashon secures millions in tight legislative budget
    By Alex Bruell • June 18, 2025 1:30 am

    Pregnancy will no longer be a presumed exception to one’s wishes in their living will, thanks to state legislation spurred…

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    Graduates Zydan Werner and Ellisport Otto watched the sun set during their electric performance of “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac. (Alex Bruell photo)
    Class of 2025 rocks graduation
    By Alex Bruell • June 17, 2025 1:30 am

    Vashon graduated 155 students of the class of 2025 on Saturday, June 14, rocking out at the end of their…

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    Demonstrators hold signs at the protest on Vashon. (Alex Bruell photo)
    Vashon says: ‘No Kings’
    By Alex Bruell • June 17, 2025 1:30 am

    The demonstration was the largest of its kind on Vashon so far this year.

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    Courtesy photos 
The four 2025 candidates for unofficial mayor of Vashon Island are, clockwise starting from the bottom left: Fern the Raccoon for VashonBePrepared, TK Rose for the Blue Heron Education Center Scholarship Fund, Georgie for Vashon Island Midwifery and Canny for the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank.
    Vashon’s 2025 Unofficial Mayor candidates announced
    By Alex Bruell • June 13, 2025 1:30 am

    What do a baby, a child, a raccoon and a anthropomorphic can of food have in common?

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    Maury man recovering after hatchet attack, spurred by mental crisis
    Maury man recovering after hatchet attack, spurred by...
    By Alex Bruell • June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The injured neighbor is recovering at Harborview Medical Center.

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    Vashon’s Lena Puz sprinted from the shot pit to the start of the 100 meter hurdles, where she set a school record and earned a second place finish at state. (Tony Puz photo)
    Elite Vashon squad sets school records at state...
    By James Batey For The Beachcomber • June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Lena Puz set three records alone over the weekend.

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    An elephant seal at Tramp Harbor was captured in this photograph by Chris Law. (Chris Law photo)
    Tramp Harbor to come alive on big screen...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The event is free, and will include People’s Choice balloting for Best of Show.

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    It’s easy to lose track of who has agreed to keep a constant watch on the kids while they are in the water at the pool, beach, or lake. Make it crystal clear who has the job by having the designated watcher wear this Water Watcher card. To maintain a constant watch on the kids, the designated watcher can’t stand down unless they have passed the card to some other responsible adult. You can download it at tinyurl.com/WaterWatcherCard.
    VashonBePrepared: Drowning is a leading risk for kids
    June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    In this issue, we focus on water safety, as well as bicycle and pedestrian safety.

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    Corrections | June 12, 2025
    Corrections | June 12, 2025
    June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    In “Gallery-hop, dance, dine and hobnob in town on First Friday,” (June 5), the name of photographer Linda Crayton, who…

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    About two dozen demonstrators, organized by the Creative Resistance Action Brigade on Vashon, performed a “Theater of Grief” for children killed in Gaza during the June 6 First Friday street closure in Vashon Town. Demonstrators, wearing black and carrying white shrouds symbolizing the estimated 15,000 children killed amid Israel’s strikes in the region, walked solemnly through town to the slow beating of a drum. They stopped periodically to fall to the ground together as a portable speaker played the sound of bomb-dropping aircraft. (Alex Bruell photo)
    News Briefs | June 12, 2025
    June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Commissioner sworn-in; Fauntleroy work; and more.

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    Twin graduates Jamie and Sadie Choo were among those cheered during the 2024 Vashon High School graduation parade. This year, the parade rolls through town from noon to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 14. (Elizabeth Shepherd file photo)
    Happenings | June 5, 2025
    June 10, 2025 8:30 am

    Pride Month events and more.

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Musician Kim Archer sang soulful renditions of songs including “Killing Me Softly With His Song” at VCA during last year’s Juneteenth celebration.
    Happenings | June 19, 2025
    June 10, 2025 8:30 am

    Juneteenth, bird walk and more.

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